Summary

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) Nephrology practices in Medicine Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality - timeliness - and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice - consultation - and management.

Duties

• The Nurse Practitioner (NP) Nephrology is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification who provides evidence-based care for patients
• Duties include - but are not limited to: Ongoing - continuous care of one or more assigned panel(s) of Veterans
• Utilizes all available tools to enable effective and efficient identification and interventions of individual patients
• Ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patients assigned to the patient panel
• Functions at the full extent of the team member's relevant clinical privileges - credentials - scopes of practice - elements of practice - certification - or other facility approved documentation of competency
• Participates in team performance improvements and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery to patients
• Manages communications and facilitating safe transitions of patients between Specialty Care and PACT's site of care and other health care settings - using informal and formal communication methods - as appropriate
• Collaborates with informatics technology staff to develop and implement systematized - electronically supported tools to support patient care delivery process (e.g
• pre-visit reminder calls - post-hospitalization follow-up up calls - recall scheduling procedures - new patient orientation - disease registries and primary care protocols for chronic disease management
• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday to Friday - 7:30 a.m
• to 4:00 p.m
• or 8:00 a.m
• to 4:30 p.m
• Subject to change based on agency needs
• Telework: Ad-hoc Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized